Southern States 2002
Southern States 2002 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight title went to Ariel Lopez.
- Year
- 2002
- Date
- Mar 15, 2002
- Location
- USA
- Federation
- NPC
- Divisions
- 38
- Competitors
- 109
Results by Division
Southern States 2002
Southern States 2002 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight title went to Ariel Lopez.
Defending BantamWeight champion Dewey Johnson, who won in 2001, did not return.
Southern States 2002 contested 37 divisions across 109 athletes, 16 open and 21 age-restricted Masters. Ariel Lopez took Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight. 37 divisions crowned a champion; each is judged independently. No round scores were published for this event, so placings are shown without them.
16 open divisions. Scroll the list to reach the rest.
Masters divisions 22
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ariel Lopez First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Michael Echevarria | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Tab Hunter First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Rafael Jaramillo | United States |
| 3rd | Diego Buendia | United States |
| 4th | Brandon Celli | United States |
| 5th | Eric Simpson | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight Teen
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ronan Doherty First recorded win | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Pablo Arevalo | United States |
| 2nd | Nathaniel Wonsley | United States |
| 3rd | Steve Melendez | United States |
| 4th | Idalberto Hernandez | United States |
| 5th | Timothy Garrett | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight Teen
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Matt Jones First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Moslem Elbasouni | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Alejandro Urbina First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Luis Erique Flor | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight Teen
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Paul Wilson First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Brandon Broomfield | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | John A Lopez First recorded win | United States |
| 3rd | Roser Hernandez | United States |
| 4th | Anthony Aldana | United States |
| 5th | Nardo Dean | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight Teen
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Jonathan Harrington First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Jason Holder | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Superheavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Martin Wright | United States |
| 2nd | Gary Scott | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Bodybuilding - Heavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Jacqueline Christopher First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Stephanie Banchoo | United States |
| 3rd | Rose Etienne | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Bodybuilding - Lightweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Rosario Sporabel First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Laura Ann Westbrook | United States |
| 3rd | Kelly Koons | United States |
| 4th | Beth Wachter | United States |
| 5th | Mayte Valle | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Bodybuilding - Middleweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Norma Nieves First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Omar Borrelli | United States |
| 2nd | Amanda Dunbar | United States |
| 3rd | Lisette Valdez | United States |
| 4th | Cari Rivas | United States |
| 5th | Cheryl Wilcox | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Figure - Short
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Richelle Hollander First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Cynthia Sharp | United States |
| 3rd | Lyssette Alderete | United States |
| 4th | Krisla Popouitch | United States |
| 5th | Maria Burrell | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Figure - Tall
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Jana Knezevic First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Alejandra Abdala | United States |
| 3rd | Natalie Garcia | United States |
| 4th | Cara Mills | United States |
| 5th | Pamela Landquist | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Figure - Teen
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Jessica Cannan First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Lauren Benjamin | United States |
| 3rd | Courtney Korf | United States |
| 4th | Victoria Benjamin | United States |
| 5th | Katrina Sanz | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Masters divisions
Age-graded classes, judged separately from the open divisions above.
Women's Bodybuilding - Masters 35+ Heavyweight
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Maria Gabriela More First recorded win | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Bodybuilding - Masters 35+ Lightweight
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Charmaine McNab First recorded win | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Bodybuilding - Masters 40+
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Maria Carman First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Kathleen O'Donoghue | United States |
| 3rd | Debbie Frisina | United States |
| 4th | Dominique Birt | United States |
| 5th | Maria Suarez | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Bodybuilding - Masters 50+ Heavyweight
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Jo Ann Thomas First recorded win | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Bodybuilding - Masters 50+ Lightweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Candy Lamberson First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Carol Matthews | United States |
| 3rd | Martha Estes | United States |
| 4th | Sherry Bubeck | United States |
| 5th | Iris Davis | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Figure - Masters
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Mavis Tozzi First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Julia Senior | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters 35+ Heavyweight Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Byron English | United States |
| 2nd | Angel Gonzalez | United States |
| 3rd | Les Brennan | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters 35+ Lightheavyweight Men
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Steve P Wilson First recorded win | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters 35+ Lightweight Men
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Leon Rinehart First recorded win | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters 35+ Middleweight Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Son Van Tran First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Carlos Perez | United States |
| 3rd | Hal Kreitman | United States |
| 4th | Dennis Nadeau | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters 40+ Men
No placement data
Placement data for this division has not been recorded.
Other Divisions - Masters 40+ Heavyweight Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Michael Brown First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Bruce Thompson | United States |
| 3rd | Michael Kraft | United States |
| 4th | Josh Friedman | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters 40+ Lightweight Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Mark Whetton First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Charles Davis | United States |
| 3rd | Doug Looney | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters 40+ Middleweight Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | John Szpindor 2nd win here | United States |
| 2nd | Chris Filippelli | United States |
| 3rd | Rich Steinberg | United States |
| 4th | Kyle Hilliard | United States |
| 5th | Christopher Maley | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters 50+ Heavyweight Men
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Richard Coy First recorded win | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters 50+ Lightweight Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | David Weinstock | United States |
| 2nd | Ron Benash | United States |
| 3rd | Cristobal Gutierrez | United States |
| 4th | Gene Haemmerle | United States |
| 5th | Hector Felix | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters 60+ Heavyweight Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Richard Lumbruno First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Carl Silvani | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters 60+ Lightweight Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | James Karas 2nd win here | United States |
| 2nd | Bill Frost | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters 60+ Middleweight Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Martin Turkin 3rd win here | United States |
| 2nd | Dennis Passy | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters 70+ Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Jappy Dickson First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Munir El Yordi | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters 70+ Lightweight Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Mike Moya 2nd win here | United States |
| 2nd | Stuart Taylor | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters 70+ Middleweight Men
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Henry Krehling First recorded win | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Complete Results updated June 30, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory
This edition in context
- Competitors
- 109
- Divisions
- 37
- Size rank
- 10 of 33
The biggest field since 1998.
Past winners of this event
| Year | Winner | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Josephina Monastero | Bodybuilding |
| 2017 | Katia Silva | Bodybuilding |
| 2016 | Nuriye Evans | Bodybuilding |
| 2014 | Josefina Monasterio | Bodybuilding |
| 2013 | Lisa Fonseca | Bodybuilding |
The placings as recorded, and nothing past them
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